Neil Murray & Angela Scarino 
Dynamic Ecologies 
A Relational Perspective on Languages Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Part I The Changing Dynamics Between English Language and Mother Tongues in Asian Contexts.- 1. Introduction: A Relational View of Language Learning.- 2. English as a Medium of Instruction in East and Southeast Asian Universities.- 3. Plurilithic and Ecological Perspectives on English: Some Conceptual and Practical Implications.- 4. Global English in Singapore? A Re-exploration of the Localization of English.- 5. Asia and Anglosphere: Public Symbolism and Language Policy in Australia.- 6. English as Lingua Franca on Campus: Cultural Integration or Segregation?.- 7. Socioeconomic Disparities and Early English Education: A Case in Changzhou, China.- 8. English in Malaysia: An Inheritance from the Past and the Challenge for the Future.- Part II Asian Languages in Australia: The Challenges of Teaching, Learning and Assessment.- 9. Recognising the Diversity of Learner Achievements in Learning Asian Languages in School Education Settings.- 10. Dealing with ‘Chinese fever’: The Challenge of Chinese Teaching in the Australian Classroom.- 11. The Teaching and Learning of Indonesian in Australia: Issues and Prospects.- 12. On Rocky Ground: Monolingual Educational Structures and Japanese Language Education in Australia.- 13. Making Chinese Learnable for Beginning Second Language Learners?.- Part III Tensions in the Linguistic Space.- 14. Tensions in the Linguistic Space.- Index.